TY  - GEN
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - International Congress on Acoustics,
Y1  - 2019///
A1  - Tong, H
A1  - Kang, J
N2  - Reporting noise complaints is an important part of informing noise legislation. While the effects of various socio-economic factors on noise perception have been investigated in previous studies, the aim of this study is to examine relationships between the rate of noise complaints and socio-economic factors. The noise complaints and socio-economic datasets from the government open data source at district and unitary authority levels across the England are used. The socio-economic dataset is categorised into four groups in this study, namely demographic, working, property and deprivation factors. Correlation analysis is conducted between noise complaint rate and socio-economic factors, and the results suggest that the correlations are generally significant. Cities/regions with a higher proportion of young and single residents are likely to receive more noise complaints, and so are cities/regions with a higher unemployment rate and higher proportion of residents living in flats. The deprived city/regions, measured by the English Index of Multiple Deprivation, tend to have a higher noise complaint rate.
AV  - public
EP  - 7048
SN  - 2415-1599
N1  - © 2019 ICA. This is an Open Access article published under the terms of a Creative Commons license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode).
ID  - discovery10119767
TI  - Noise complaints and its relation to socio-economic factors at city/region scale in England
SP  - 7043
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.18154/RWTH-CONV-239426
ER  -